Curriculum Vitae – Dr. Anna Fenyvesi February 2026
Position: Associate professor of English linguistics; Director of Institute
Work: Institute of English and American Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary
Fax: +36-62-544259
Email: fenyvesi [at] lit.u-szeged.hu
Specialization: Multilingualism; bilingualism; American Hungarian language use; digital language use; endangered languages; language contact; sociolinguistics.
Languages: Hungarian (native), English, Russian
Education:
2013: Habilitation, linguistics, University of Debrecen, Hungary.
1998: University of Pittsburgh, USA; Ph.D., general linguistics
1994: University of Pittsburgh, USA; M.A., general linguistics
1988: József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary; M.A., Russian language and literature
1987: József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary; M.A., English language and literature major, American studies minor
Work:
Since 1988: Institute of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Szeged, Hungary (until 2000: József Attila University); associate professor since 2001.
1987-1988: Foreign Languages Department, Szentgyörgyi Albert Medical University, Szeged, Hungary; teacher of English and Russian.
Courses taught:
4 obligatory university lecture courses
22 other university courses (lectures and seminars) in linguistics
8 university language courses in English as a Foreign Language and Hungarian as a Foreign Language
Student advising:
147 BA theses
100 MA theses
8 PhD dissertations (2 under preparation)
Individual grants:
2024-2025: Fulbright Scholar, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1999: Soros Foundation conference travel grant (#247/1/7295)
1998-2000: Bolyai János Research Grant
1991-1996: University of Pittsburgh, USA, PhD assistantship
1991: Soros Foundation supplementary grant
Administrative experience, University of Szeged:
2015–: Program Director, PhD program in English Applied Linguistics
2009, September –: Institute Director, Institute of English and American Studies
2008/2009: Deputy Institute Director, Institute of English and American Studies
2006, March – May: Interim Chair, English Department
2001, February – July: Interim Director, PhD program in English Applied Linguistics
2001–2002: Deputy Program Director, PhD program in English Applied Linguistics
2000-2008: Deputy Chair, English Department
1998/1999: Interim Program Director, Hungarian Studies Program
Other Professional Experience:
Since 2025: Editor-in-chief, Hungarian Cultural Studies, the e-journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association; and ex officio board member of AHEA
2023–2024, 2010–2013 Member of OTKA [Hungarian Scientific Research Foundation] Linguistics Board
2022–2023: Volunteer Hungarian as a foreign language teacher to Ukrainian refugees (language of instruction: Russian), House of Nationalities, Szeged.
Since 2015: Visiting Erasmus lecturer, Department of English and American Studies, Safarik University, Košice, Slovakia; condensed course on “Sociolinguistics”, “The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism”. One week yearly (except in 2024).
2014–2020: Visiting Erasmus lecturer, Department of Finno-Ugric Studies, University of Hamburg; condensed course on “The Sociolinguistics of Bilingualism”
2014, December: Department of Hungarian Language and Literature, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, invited lecturer
2014, 2015, 2017: Visiting Erasmus lecturer, Department of Finno-Ugric Studies, University of Hamburg; condensed course on “The sociolinguistics of bilingualism”
2014, January: 2nd Winter School in Finno-Ugric Studies, invited lecturer
2012–2017: Head of editorial committee of Hungarian journal Alkalmazott Nyelvtudomány [Applied Linguistics]
2012–2017: Head of Applied Linguistics Committee, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2012, January: Lecturer, lecture series “The function, status and modernization of the Udmurt language”, Izhevsk State University, Russia; through video link.
2011–2016: Founding member and secretary of LINEE+ Association
2010–2013: Member of Linguistics Board of OTKA [Hungarian Scientific Research Grant]
2006–2017: Head of Linguistics Committee, Szeged Chapter, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2006–2010: Member of Governing Board, LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence) EU FP6 grant (No. 28388), Work package leader of and researcher in WP9a.
2003, 2005: Visiting Erasmus lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Joensuu, Finland; condensed courses on “Multilingualism in the United States” and “Bilingualism”
2003-2005, 2008–: Member of Applied Linguistics Committee of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1999-2000: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, USA
1992-1995: Editorial Assistant, Language (journal of the LSA)
1991-1993: Teacher of Hungarian as a Foreign Language, Language Acquisition Institute University of Pittsburgh, USA
Membership:
2013–: Hungarian Association of English Studies
2011–2016: LINEE+
2010–2013: Hungarian Association of American Studies
2009–2011: International Association of Multilingualism
2004–: Public body of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2003–2004: International Linguistic Association
1996–2000: American Dialect Society
1991–2003: Linguistic Society of America
Research:
2025– HUNNA Network (Hungarian Immigration to North America Network)
2019– AHHP (Appalachian Hungarian Heritage Project)
2013-2017 FinUgRevita (Computational tools for the linguistic revitalization of endangered Finno-Ugric languages), Finnish-Hungarian research project funded by Finnish Academy of Sciences and Hungarian National Research Fund (OTKA), project number FNN 107883; Principal Investigator of Hungarian team.
2006-2010 LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence) FP6 project (No. 28388) lead researcher of Work Package 9a.
Conference presentations:
38 international (USA, Netherlands, UK, Canada, Finland, Italy, Estonia, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Germany, Russia); of these, plenary lectures: 3.
23 local in Hungary; of these, plenary lectures: 3.
Refereeing experience:
Swiss National Science Foundation, 2023
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017, 2023
2nd LINEE Conference: Multilingualism in the Public Sphere, 2012
Graduate Student Conference in Applied Linguistics, Hungary, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2008
Suvremena Lingvistika, 2008
Proceedings of the 7th International Pragmatics Conference, 2001
NovELTy, 2000
OTKA, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2009.
Multilingua, 1998.
Language, 1994.
Other:
1995–2010: English translator of Gramma Language Office (Dunájska Streda, Slovakia)
1992–1996: Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh, USA
1991: Language interviewer, Fulbright program, Pittsburgh, PA, USA